Reviewing theater from Broadway to the Fringe since 1994
‘Eureka Day’ by Jonathan Spector. Directed by Margot Bordelon. Scenic Design by Luciana Stecconi; Costume Design by Zoë Sundra; Lighting Design by Cha See; Projection Design by John Horzen & UptownWorks; and Sound Design by Daniela Hart, Noel Nichols, Bailey Trierweiler & UptownWorks. Presented by The Huntington Theatre at 264 Huntington Ave., Boston, through June…
The two of them maintain several different accents per character perfectly and withstand over 30 costume changes. In lesser hands the material would not stand up quite as well.
This is a show that defies categorization as it subversively blends multiple performance styles (i.e. absurdism, camp, clowning, drag, farce, melodrama, parody, satire, slapstick, etc.), and doesn’t follow the conventional rules of theatrical storytelling.
Minna Lee has written a play that is both joyfully theatrical and frighteningly realistic. My Home on the Moon skillfully straddles the world that we know and the world that is coming.
